Feb - March

World Around Us

This half-term we are continuing to work on our theme 'Through the eyes of a child.'

Within WAU lessons we will be continuing to explore life on the home front during WW2. We will be looking at rationing, evacuees and packing our own evacuee suitcases. The children will do some exciting art projects based on different aspects of the war e.g. the Blitz and Anderson Shelters. The children will also learn about a famous historical figure who lived during and experienced the war – Anne Frank.

Numeracy

• We will continue to revise the 2x and 10x tables and they will also learn the 5x and 3x tables. It is very important that the children spend time learning and practising these daily both in school and at home.
• We will be learning to recognise and find right angles in objects we see in everyday life and in common 2D shapes.
• We will begin work on fractions of a whole- thinking about 1/2, 1/4 and 1/3.
• Money – Children should be able to recognise all coin values and make amounts up to £1. We will work on making amounts up to £5 and £10.
• Time – We will begin to learn how to tell the time in 5 minute intervals using the analogue and digital clock.
• Weight – The children will learn how to read scales, compare weights, and convert weights from grams to kilograms and vice versa.

Literacy

• We will continue working on neat handwriting and on our presentation skills in homework and classwork books. We will begin cursive writing in our handwriting books.
• Through hot seating, freeze frames and role play to develop our drama skills and learn how to empathise with children who were living during WW2.
• We will plan for and write a diary entry about a day in the life of an evacuee child, sent off to the country to live with a host family.
• Within grammar we will be looking at past tense verbs, adverbs, adjectives and conjunctions. We will learn how these types of words can be used to improve our writing.
• Within comprehension we will focus on retrieving specific information from a passage, predicting what will happen next, identifying fact or opinion and expressing points of view.
• We will also continue to work hard on our weekly phonics sounds to improve our spelling.

Below are some links to online games that will support your child's learning this term;

www.ictgames.co.uk

www.topmarks.co.uk

www.educationcity.com

 All of the above will keep us busy right up to our Easter holidays!

Thank you for your ongoing support each term!

Mrs Clarke and Miss Nicholl